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On May 20, 2019, the United States government officially lifted the steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico as an incentive for Congress to pass the United States Canada and Mexico Act.Read More
As we move forward into 2019 and the 116th Congress, a lot will be changing in D.C. How will these changes impact small and independent breweries?Read More
At the end of 2017, Congress passed legislation that lowered the FET for breweries. Over half a year later, how are breweries using the extra money?Read More
As federal affairs manager for the Brewers Association, I have been fortunate to be a part of some great legislative and political successes in Washington, D.C. One of the things I am most proud of is my work with the …Read More
Bob Pease, president and CEO of the Brewers Association, issued the following statement on the steel and aluminum tariffs: “The Brewers Association opposes the recently imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum products, as we believe it undermines the Trump Administration’s pro-job, …Read More
On May 20, the Trump administration announced that it would suspend the proposed tariffs on products from China. The proposed tariffs, which included a 25% tariff on brewing equipment and kegs, were announced in early April by the Office of …Read More
Update: Brewing equipment has now been removed from this list. The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released the Section 301 list against 1,300 products from China valued at approximately $50 billion. These tariffs were ordered in retaliation for the …Read More
Background On March 8, 2018, President Trump ordered the imposition of a 25 percent tariff on steel imports on “covered steel products” (listed below) and a 10 percent tariff on the “covered aluminum products” (also below). These tariffs were put in place because …Read More
Today the president announced that the United States will be imposing new tariffs on China (under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974) and is exempting the European Union, Brazil, Australia, South Korea and Argentina from the previously announced …Read More
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